subject="manual merge of the BRANCH tree with the FIXME tree"
$(dirname $0)/message_helper $branch "$subject" <<EOF
-Today's linux-next merge of the BRANCH tree got $conf in $file between commit ("") from the FIXME tree and commit ("") from the BRANCH tree.
+Today's linux-next merge of the BRANCH tree got $conf in:
+
+ $file
+
+between commit:
+
+ ("")
+
+from the FIXME tree and commit:
+
+ ("")
+
+from the BRANCH tree.
I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as necessary (no action
is required).